Kentucky Derby 2019 post positions: Omaha Beach draws 12th spot, remains favorite to win

Thomas Lott

Kentucky Derby 2019 post positions: Omaha Beach draws 12th spot, remains favorite to win image

Omaha Beach already was the favorite at the 2019 Kentucky Derby, and after his draw he is looking great to earn a victory.

The horse drew the 12th spot on Tuesday for the 145th running of "the fastest two minutes in sports", securing the best odds (4-1) to win the race.

Game Winner (No. 16) has the second-best odds to win at 5-1 while Improbable (No. 5) and Roadster (No. 16) are tied for third at 6-1.

These horses will try to match what Justify did last year as he won the Triple Crown. He was the 13th horse to win the Derby, Preakness and Belmont and the second in four years (American Pharoah, 2015).

Bob Baffert was the man behind both of those horses. He is training eight of the 20 in this year's race with Game Winner (5-1) being his most likely to come away with a win. Two of his other horses — Game Winner and Improbable — each have 6-1 odds to win.

Post time is 6:50 p.m. ET Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Kentucky Derby 2019 post position draw, updated odds

Position Horse Odds
No. 1War of Will20-1
No. 2Tax20-1
No. 3By My Standards20-1
No. 4Gray Magician50-1
No. 5Improbable6-1
No. 6Vekoma20-1
No. 7Maximum Security10-1
No. 8Tacitus10-1
No. 9Plus Que Parfait30-1
No. 10Cutting Humor30-1
No. 11Haikal30-1
No. 12Omaha Beach4-1
No. 13Code of Honor15-1
No. 14Win Win Win15-1
No. 15Master Fencer50-1
No. 16Game Winner5-1
No. 17Roadster6-1
No. 18Long Range Toddy30-1
No. 19Spinoff30-1
No. 20Country House30-1

Odds are as of 11:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, April 30. 

Thomas Lott